I've been doing longarm quilting for about a year and a half to 2 years now. Mine is not perfect, I do what I like to do. I like to do bed quilts, something that looks warm and comfortable. I've done about 6 of them now and then some small ones. Right now I'm just about done quilting a double wedding room quilt that I sewed together. I don't try to fill every empty space, I like mine to be soft (my bed quilts). I started it because I wanted to do it and just charged in. I found that is the way I tend to be. If you really want to do something very bad, just do it, it works for me. I didn't take any classes except what was on-line.